The Big Questions: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life - Hardcover

Marinoff, Lou

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582342539 ISBN 13: 9781582342535

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2003

Synopsis

From the author of the international bestseller Plato Not Prozac!, a vital guide to the art of living.

Professor Lou Marinoff's first book drew on the wisdom of the great philosophers to solve our everyday problems, launching a movement that restored philosophy to what it once was: useful in all walks of life. Now, in The Big Questions, he takes the concept to the next level, applying centuries of philosophy and great literature to answer central questions of modern existence.

Urging us not to accept victimhood as the by-product of modern life, Professor Marinoff uses specific case studies from his counseling practice to show how wisdom from the great thinkers can help us define our own philosophy, and thereby reclaim our sense of well-being. He asks and answers questions that go to the heart of the human condition: How do we know what is right? How can we cope with change? Why can't we all get along? And, most centrally, how can we use the centuries of wisdom that have come before us to help us answer these questions and feel at ease in the world?

Accessible, entertaining, and profoundly useful, The Big Questions mixes wisdom from the great thinkers with specific case studies to illuminate how a shift in perspective can truly be life changing.

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From the Publisher:

Praise for Plato, Not Prozac!:
"What exactly is philosophical practice? Marinoff calls it 'therapy for the sane.' In a nutshell, it's using the 2,500-year-old tradition of philosophy to solve everyday problems, like work, relationship and family issues. It's a return to what philosophy was meant to be - a guideline for a way of life."-Salon
"Plato, Not Prozac! looks to become the bible of the 'philosophical counseling' movement." -Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine "The ancient thinkers often characterized philosophy as 'medicine for the soul.' Marinoff provides a generous dose throughout these lively pages. I highly recommend it!"-Tom Morris, Ph.D., author of Philosophy for Dummies

About the Author:

Lou Marinoff is the author of the international hit Plato, Not Prozac!, which has been published in twenty languages. A professor of philosophy at the City College of New York, Marinoff is also the founding president of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1582342539
• ISBN 13: 9781582342535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400